Year: 2010

We’re happy to announce that Microsoft Excel 2010: Data Analysis and Business Modeling, by Wayne L. Winston, shipped to the printer. Award-winning MBA professor, statistician, and business consultant Wayne Winston shows you how to master the data analysis and modeling techniques used at leading companies to sharpen their competitive edge. This book will be available…

We’re happy to announce new apps for the Windows Phone 7 for exam preparation. We’ve launched five apps in the marketplace and are planning more. We took a subset of questions from our Self-Paced Training Kits and created mobile apps with Silverlight. Here’s what’s available with links to each app. Exam Drill Corresponding Self-Paced Training…

MIX11 registration opens in late January with a special offer for early birds – register by February 11 and save $500 on your conference pass, and receive one free night hotel when you book two or more nights at the Mandalay Bay. Join the MIX email newsletter and be among the first to learn about…

We’re excited to announce that Penelope Coventry’s Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Step by Step (ISBN 9780735627338; 592 pages) is now available for purchase! You can find the book’s introduction in this previous post. In today’s post, please enjoy an excerpt from Chapter 7, “Using Business Connectivity Services,” which describes what BCS is. We also include…

We’re very pleased to announce that Steve Suehring’s second edition of JavaScript Step by Step will be available soon! This book teaches you the basics you need to know to build interactive web sites using JavaScript, discussing the basic syntax and commands you need to use JavaScript, a thorough discussion of how JavaScript can interact…

A message from editor Kenyon Brown… Check out Mike Stroh’s great advice for finding apps for Windows Phone 7 at O’Reilly Answers. Mike is the author of Windows Phone 7 Plain & Simple from Microsoft Press. You can read a great review of the book at Lost Press Marketing. Of note is the following quote:…